For the first time, scientists have recorded the heart rate of a blue whale, uncovering new information about the biology of the world’s largest mammal. After measuring the heart rates of diving ...

In 2015, when a dead blue whale washed ashore in Newfoundland, Canada, a dissection team from the Royal Ontario Museum managed to extract and measure its heart. At 400 pounds, it was undoubtedly ...

Researchers deploying a digital heart rate recording tag as a blue whale surfaces to breathe. Image: ( M.S. Savoca) The researchers managed to attach their device next to the flipper of a 15-year ...

The heart is approximately 5 feet (1.5 meters) long from the top of the aorta to the lowest chamber, weighs 400 pounds (181 kilograms) and can pump 58 gallons (220 liters) of blood through a blue ...

The blue whale heart beats slowly when the animals feeds We have checked the pulse of a wild-living blue whale for the first time, and discovered something remarkable. When blue whales dive for ...

The EKG data shows that a single beat of the blue whale’s heart takes about 1.8 seconds, which means its heart can only beat roughly 33 times per minute.

The heart of a blue whale can weigh up to 1,300 pounds, while its tongue can weigh 5,400 pounds, which is the average weight of an adult female elephant. Blue whales have sleek, ...

Each week, The Daily’s Science & Tech section produces a roundup of the most exciting and influential research happening on campus or otherwise related to Stanford. Here’s our digest for the ...

For the first time, scientists have recorded the heart rate of a blue whale, uncovering new information about the biology of the world’s largest mammal. After measuring the heart rates of diving ...